Robot Dimension Clarification

[DonRotolo]

Originally Posted by McGurky

Assuming that design would be a well for the ball to "settle in" do remember that bumpers must be between 10" and 16" of the ground. This allows enough room for your "ball well" to go beneath your bumpers.

Originally Posted by CrazyCarl461

This doesn't seem to be allowed even if the bumpers go completely around the edge of the concave portion. The wording is subtle but it doesn't seem like any concave configurations will be allowed at all by way of:

<R07>A: Bumpers must cover the entire FRAME PERIMETER

FRAME PERIMETER is determined using the string-wrap method (thus spanning the gap)

<R07>M: Bumpers can't span gaps where there is no physical frame on which to attach

If the robot has such a gap, it can't be behind the bumpers. So if you want the gap in the 0" to 9.99 inch above the floor area, should be OK. At bumper height the frame can't have the gap in my interpretation.

This is my opinion, which is worthless for any FRC competition.